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Rich Johnson's guide to wilderness survival, how to avoid trouble and how to live through the trouble you can't avoid, Rich Johnson

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Rich Johnson's guide to wilderness survival, how to avoid trouble and how to live through the trouble you can't avoid, Rich Johnson

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rich Johnson's guide to wilderness survival

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionarieshandbooks

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271822644

Responsibility statement

Rich Johnson

Series statement

McGraw Hill professional

Sub title

how to avoid trouble and how to live through the trouble you can't avoid

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Survival Strategy -- It's All in Your Head: The Psychology of Survival -- Assessing the Situation -- Setting Priorities -- Survival Is in the Details -- Basic Survival Strategies -- Stay or Go? -- 2 Surviving the Elements -- The Shelter You Wear -- The Shelter You Carry -- The Shelter You Make -- Wet-Weather Survival -- Surviving Cold Weather -- Surviving Hot Weather -- 3 Fire -- Types of Fires -- Building a Fire -- Fire Without Matches -- Fire Starters -- Campfire Lessons -- Don't Set the World on Fire -- 4 Water -- Water Purification -- Solar Still and Other Water Collection Methods -- Water Capture -- Dig a Hole -- Water Pockets -- 5 Food -- Become a Hunter-Gatherer -- Trail Snacks -- Food Safety: Bears, Bacteria, and More -- 6 Signaling -- Visible Signals -- Audible Signals -- Electronic Signals -- 7 Medical Emergencies -- Hypothermia: Death from the Inside -- Frostbite: Death on the Outside -- Surviving Cold-Water Immersion -- Hot-Weather Injury -- Stop the Bleeding! -- Sprains and Breaks -- Altitude Sickness -- Heart Attack -- Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer -- 8 Navigation -- The Art of Not Getting Lost -- Finding Your Way Without a Compass -- Map and Compass -- Rules of Land Navigation -- Crossing Water -- 9 Equipment -- Survival Kits -- For the Vehicle -- Proficiency -- The Survival Knife -- Ropes and Knots -- Stoves: A Step Up from Campfire Cooking -- 10 Wildlife -- Rules Regarding Baby Animals -- Rules Regarding Small Animals -- Rules Regarding Big Animals -- Venomous Critters -- Your Animal Attitude -- 11 Weather -- Lightning Safety -- Flash Flood -- Epilogue -- Index

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Guide to wilderness survival

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